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Algeria has the 10th-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the sixth-largest gas exporter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that in 2005, Algeria had 4.5 trillion cubic metres (160 × 10 ^ 12 cu ft) of proven natural gas reserves. [222] It also ranks 16th in oil reserves. [15]
[5] [6] Historian Gabriel Camps, however, disputes this claim, favoring instead an African origin for the term. [7] The name appears first in Polybius (second century BC) to indicate the peoples and territory west of Carthage including the entire north of Algeria as far as the river Mulucha , about 160 kilometres (100 mi) west of Oran. [8]
As an Islamic country, Algeria has limits on dress code. Most Algerians follow Islamic dress codes, and foreigners are expected to show modesty, such as female visitors having to avoid exposing their shoulders, knees or chest. [9] One of the most common traditional garments for both men and women in Algeria is djellaba. The djellaba is a long ...
Although French has no official status, Algeria is the second-largest Francophone country in the world in terms of speakers, [28] and French is widely used in government, media (newspapers, radio, local television), and both the education system (from primary school onwards) and academia due to Algeria's colonial history.
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Algeria has a number of protected areas including National Parks and nature reserves. An example of such a protected area is the Djebel Babor Nature Reserve within the Djebel Babor Mountains ; [ 17 ] the Djebel Babor is also one of the few relict habitats for the endangered Barbary macaque , Macaca sylvanus .
Algeria started reopening its mosques, cafes, beaches and parks Saturday for the first time in five months, gradually relaxing one of the world's longer virus confinement periods. Curfews remain ...
The BaháΚΌí Faith in Algeria dates from 1952. [24] Though the religion achieved some growth and organization through 1967 including converts, [24] the period of the independence of Algeria when the country adopted Islamic practices in rejection of colonial influences [25] and subsequently the religion was effectively banned in 1968. [26]